Tuesday, August 19, 2025

School enrollment

A formerly-printed weekly magazine, U. S. News and World Report, sponsors various annual "best" lists that are coveted. The following list somewhat follows the presentation of Catholic school enrollment in Nassau County, but adds information from other sources.. There may be errors. Enrollment figures are for Pre-K-8 unless specified otherwise. I present this in size order. I used to count heads in graduation photos, but nowadays the photos disclose less. The word "best" is used only in the public school reporting. I presume the variations within the ranks of non-public schools make the term "best" problematic, as comparing apples and oranges.

Bishop Kellenberg Marianist, 2,549 in grades 6-12.

Chaminade Marianist HS, Mineola, 1,703 boys.

Holy Trinity Diocesan HS, Hicksville., 1,300.

Sacred Heart Academy, Henpstead, 735 high school girls.

St. Martin Marianist, Uniondale, 341.

St. Anne, Garden City. 350.

St. Rose, Massapequa. 282.

Notre Dame, New Hyde Park, 284.    

Our Lady of Victory, Floral Park, 282.

Long Beach Catholic, 255.

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Bellmore. 242.

St. Brigid, Our Lady of Hope, Westbury. 231.

Our Lady of Lourdes, Malverne. 230.

Holy Family, Hicksville. 204.

St. Dominic, Oyster Bay. 201.

Maria Regina, Seaford. 171.

St. Edward, Syosset. 162.

Holy Child, Old Westbury 159.

St. Aidan, Williston Park. 150.

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Enrollments in 2019 are reported HERE.





 

Sunday, August 17, 2025

Hymn: Taste and See

At Communion time this morning in our parish of St. William the Abbot, the congregation sang the hymn "Taste and See the Lord is Good," based on Psalm 34:8. It was composed by Dr. James E. Moore, jr., a Black Catholic from Virginia, and from Cincinnati's Athenaeum seminary, where  he taught music. From 1984, Dr. Moore lived and taught in Vienna, Austria. He died there in 2022.

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Please see entry at Black Catholic Messenger.

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List of seven hymns he wrote at Hymnary.org.

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Wikipedia entry HERE.